temperate

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Based on that evidence, Dr. Motta explains that "70 million years ago the climate was temperate and humid, with seasonal rainfall, very different from the current cold and relatively dry conditions."

From Science Daily • May 29, 2026

Rosemary Mulholland, Head of Nature Recovery with Ulster Wildlife, is part of the team that has embarked on an ambitious 100-year restoration programme to restore temperate rainforests.

From BBC • May 25, 2026

It is one of only a small number of known temperate giant planets, and researchers say this is the first time the atmosphere of one has been studied in such detail.

From Science Daily • May 22, 2026

They’re found around the globe, mostly in subtropical and temperate regions of the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian oceans, and in the Mediterranean Sea, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

From Los Angeles Times • May 16, 2026

Thus, Eurasia’s west-east axis allowed Fertile Crescent crops quickly to launch agriculture over the band of temperate latitudes from Ireland to the Indus Valley, and to enrich the agriculture that arose independently in eastern Asia.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond